Pipe tamper



June 4, 1935. Q AN E N 2,003,416 PIYE TAMPER Filed Nov. 12, 1934 mufiii' i i i iEifiiilllllllllllllllllumnn i5 Z2 54 J5 a a 5 i6 26 I 5 irweriii Jam 6- clndemom Patented June 4, 1935 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PIPE TAMPER James C. Anderson, Highland Park, 111. Application November 12, 1934, Serial No. 752,570

18 Claims. (o1. I31--59) This invention relates in general to an adjustbut is effected by one hand only and the sense of able tamping device for tobacco pipes and has touch. 1 more particular reference to a pocket article Referring now more particularly to the drawwhich is'used for a pipe tamper. I ing, this pipe tamper is described as combined .5 The principal object of the invention is in the with the metal handle of a knife, which is an improvision of an adjustable, lightweight tamping plement also commonly used by pipe smokers, but device of metal and the like, which occupies a the tamper may be a separate implement comsmall space and may be incorporated in a pocket posed only of a holder and an adjustable tamper implement such as a knife and is easily adjustas shown. able for use as a pipe tamping device. In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a knife having sides 5 10 A further object of the invention is in the proand 6 with a blade 1 pivoted therebetween and vision of a suitable pipe tamper construction connected by a pin 8 at one end the sides held which can be incorporated as a part of a pocket apart by a spacer 9 and a rivet III at the other implement such as a knife, a file, and the like. end of the blade, with the sides 5 and 6 extend- A still further object of the invention is in the ing beyond the spacer 9 and the ends H and i2 1 provision of a pipe tamper which is adjustable thereof extending toward each other to form from a position parallel with the holder to a posia support for the tamper.

tion at right angles and at the end thereof. The tamper comprisesa head or button IE pref- Other objects of the invention will appear erably of metal and about the width of one side hereinafter. of the knife or holder so that it will lie flatly '0 In the accompanying drawing, Fig. l is a side against the side. In the end of the holder is a elevation of a pipe tamper embodying this invenslot l6 extending from adjacent the end and over tion formed as a part of a knife; the bent extremity l l of the holder. A pin ll se- Fig. 2 is a top or edge elevation of the same; cured centrally to the tamper button I l by rivet- Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a pipe tamper meching the outer end I8 thereof extends through the g anism as taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. l; and slot and is provided at the inner end with a Fig. 4 is a view illustrating the application of washer l9 which has an inner rounded surface the tamper to a pipe. 20 and is secured to the end 2! of the pin by In smoking a pipe it is customary to press down riveting or the like. In the inner or under side or tamp the ashes and tobacco remaining in the of the tamper I5 is a recess 22 for seating a pipe to secure better draft, to burn up the rewasher 23 which bears against the outer face of maining tobacco and to provide additional space the side plate 5 or holder and is held in yielding for the addition of new tobacco. At times the engagement therewithby a coil spring 24 surashes or pipe is so hot that it would burn the rounding the pin I1 and located between the finger, and if the finger is inserted a part'of the washer 23 and the inner side of the recess. 5 ashes will adhere to the finger and be withdrawn This construction causes the tamper button I5 with it, thereby not only soiling the finger but to be held yieldingly against the holder at any also resulting in the ashes being spread or wiped position along the slot I6 and the inner washer usually upon the clothes of the smoker. 2|] being rounded at its inner side permits the 40 The present invention provides a simple, pracbutton to turn partially over the curved outer end tical and easily used implement for accomplish- H of the holder so that if the holder extremity ing the tamping operation which may be a sepis located substantially at right angles, the exarate implement or may be incorporated as a tremity H will have an inner flat contact surpart of a knife and the like, which nearly every face 25 engaged by the washer I9 and an outer pipe smoker uses to clean his pipe at times. This fiat contact surface 26 engaged by the washer 23 45- implement comprises a slidable button which is which will holdthe button yieldingly at right yieldinglyheld parallel with the side of its supangles at the end of the holder in tampingpoporting handle and is easily movable to a position sition. V at right angles and at the end of a supporting To effect the movement of the tamper button handle so that the pipe tamper is easily manipufrom one position to the other it is necessary 50" lated with one hand, which makes it an ideal only to grasp the handle portion of the holder in implement for use while reading, driving an autothe fingers or palm of the hand and to slide the mobile, and the like, since it does not require the button in the slot l6 by engaging it with the use of both hands nor any visual attention to thumb or one of the fingers. After a tamping the manipulation or adjustment of the tamper operation is complete the tamper button or head 55 is returned in the same manner to the side of the holder and the operation is so simple that is requires only the sense of touch to change it rapidly and easily from one position to the other. Also in the tamping operation the location of a pipe 30 and its bowl 3| is determined by its position in the mouth of the user and the tamper is easily applied thereto simply by the sense of touch and without any visual attention thereto, thus making the implement an ideal one for use while the smoker is also otherwise occupied.

The extremity 12 of one side of the knife may be used to close the end of the slot I6, thereby preventing the tamper button or head from becoming disengaged from the slot or the slot l6 may be closed at the end just beyond theflat portions 25 and 26 to limit the movement of the tamper button or head IS in that direction. In

the making of knives it is customary to provide a lining I 4 usually of thin soft metal such as brass, to which the sides are secured. This tamper may be applied either to a knife or holder structure having the linings [4 extending over the tamper portion as shown in Fig. 2 or the linings may be omitted in the tamper portion as shown in Fig; 3. If this tamper construction is applied to a knife the extension of both sides to form the tamper construction is preferable, but if the tamper is simply applied to a holder having a handle and an end portion at right angles to it, no second or other handle portion is necessary.

I claim: 7

1. A pipe tamper having a holder, a tamping head, and means for mounting the head on the holder to slide from a position at the side of the holder to a position at the end thereof.

2. A pipe tamper having a holder, a tamping head, and means for yieldingly mounting the head on the holder and slidable from a position along the holder to a position at right angles at the end of the holder.

3. A pipe tamper having a holder with a mounting slot, a tamper head, and means for mounting the head to slide in the slot from a position along the side of the holder to a position at right angles thereto at the end thereof. 7

4. A pipe tamper having a straight holder with an end at an angle thereto and a slot in the end portion, a tamper head, and means for mounting the head to slide in the slot from a position at the side of the holder to a position at the end thereof at right angles to its side position.

5. A pipe tamper having a holder handle with a curved end portion and a slot in the end portion, a tamper head, and means for yieldingly mounting the head for movement in the slot.

6. A pipe tamper according to claim 5, in which the tamper head has a pin extending through the slot and a washer at the end of the pin, and a spring between the holder and the head to hold it in place in the slot.

7. A pipe tamper according to claim 5, in which the under side of the head has a recess with a pin extending from the head through the slot, a washer at the end of the pin at the other side of the holder, another washersurrounding the pin at the recess side of the holder, and a spring in the recess around the pin and pressing the washer in the recess against the holder. 7

8. A pipe tamper having a holder with spaced sides and one turned toward the other at the end, a tamper head, and means for mounting the head in one of the holder sides for slidable movement against the other at the end thereof.

9. A pipe tamper having a holder with spaced sides turned together at the ends and one having a slot therein, a tamper head, and means mounting the head in the slot for movement from a side to an end position.

10. A pipe tamper having a holder with its end turned at a right angle thereto and a slot in the end portion, a tamper head, and means for resiliently mounting the head for movement in the slot and to engage the angled portion thereof to hold the head at right angles to the other portion of the holder.

11. In a pipe tamper according to claim 10, the mounting comprising a pin extending through the slot and a washer at the end of the pin which has a rounded inner surface adapting it to slide freely on the angled portion and to engage the turned portion of the end.

12. In a pipe tamper, a holder having opposite spaced sides turned toward each other at one end and one side and the turned portion having a slot therein, and a tamper head mounted in the slot and movable from a position against the side to a position at right angles thereto at the end.

13. The combination of a holder handle having a bent end with a slot therein, a tamper head, and a yielding mounting therefor including a washer at the side opposite the head with its inner side curved to slide around the bend at the end of the holder.

l4. The combination with a holder having spaced side-s turned toward each other at one end and a slot in this end of one side, a tamper head, and means mounting the head to slide yieldingly in the slot.

15. The combination with a knife having spaced sides extended at one end, said sides turned toward each other and one of said sides having a slot therein, of a tamper head, and means mounting the head in the slot for moving the head against the side and at an angle to the end thereof.

16. The combination with an implement having parallel sides spaced apart and extended at one end, a tamper head, and means for mounting the head in the said extended portion to slide from a side to an end position.

17. A combined knife and pipe tamper comprising parallel sides in which a blade is mounted the sides extending beyond the blade at one end, and one of the extending sides having a slot therein, a tamper head, and means extending from the head through and beyond the slot and covered by the other side for mounting the head to move against the side and at an angle to the end thereof.

18. A combined knife and pipe tamper having sides in which the knife blade is pivoted, the ends of the side extending beyond the blade when closed and one side including a slotted portion bent at the end, a tamper head, and means yielding mounting the head in the slot for movement against the last mentioned side and in the bent portion at right angles to the side.

JAMES C. ANDERSON. 

